Use of telecommunications in Burkina Faso are extremely low, limited due to the low penetration of electricity, even in major cities. There were just 141,400 fixed line phones in use in 2012, in a country with a population of 17.4 million. Use of mobile phones has skyrocketed from 1.0 million lines in 2006 to 10 million in 2012. OverviewTelecommunications in Burkina Faso include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet. The. The constitution and law provide for and of the, and the government generally respects these rights in practice. All media are under the administrative and technical s. • : 2 AM, 26 FM, and 3 shortwave stations; state-owned radio runs a national and regional network; substantial number of privately owned radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcaste. • : +226 • : 00 • Main lines: • Mobile cellular: • Telephone system: system includes, open-wire, and communication stations; fixed-line connection.
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